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Vehicle Coupling.

No. 81,363. Patented Aug. 25, 1868.

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CHARLES WJGRETER, OF RIlTERS, MICHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 81,363, dated August 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT in COUPLING Ion VEHICLES.

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To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES W. Guru, of Three Rivers, in the county of St. Joseph, and State of Michigen, have invented a new and improved Coupling for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full, clear, and exact desctiptiqnthereof, which will enable those skilled in the art't'o make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a top view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a central vertical'section of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to accomplish the abrupt or sharp turning of the front wheels of vehicles,

without jointing the coupling or reach-pole of the same.-

In the drawings, A is the reach-pole connecting the front and rear axles of a four-wheeled vehicle. B is the front axle, to which is aflixed, by belts or other means, an arched or curved plate, m, united to the axle B by braces jj and clips his, as shown. I

The braces j j are prolongedbehind the plate 'm to form thearms cl d, which unite with each other at a. plate having a curved or arched slot,E, which latter encloses a pin, a, projecting downwardfrom the reach-pole A, and being a part of the guide-plate b, alsoaflixed to the reach-pole.

The plate 072 is formed with a notch, i, in the middle point of its front edge, and into this notch the beak or nib g fits when the front axle is parallel'with the rear axle.

The pin a will then be in the middle of the slot E, which pointthe nib g is held within the notch 2'.

When, however, the front axle is turned to the rightior left, the pin a is moved toward the opposite end of its slot, which latter being curved reversely to the plate m, permits the axle to be turned abruptly 0n the pin a as a centre of vibration: 7

The pin a is provided with a roller to permit the more easy movement of the parts in contact with it.

The cross-plate Zforms part of the reach-plate A, and is for the purpose of afiixing the front part of the body of the vehicle to the reach-pole.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A coupling-device for vehicles, constructed and-arranged substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

2. The curved plate m with notch z, braces jj with curved slot E thereon, and cross-plate Z with nib g, substantially as described, when constituting the prominent features offa vehicle-coupling, all as set forth.

CHARLES W. GRETER'.

Witnesses:

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